Port Said Red

It depends on your definition of front football I guess. it has been debated I know. If what he means is "control" then Fridays game was a great example of it, with and without the ball we were in control (on the front foot) for the large majority of it. I see what you are saying about situations, and although we weren't struggling the first thing he needed to do was make the backline comfortable with looking after the ball, which I think he has done to a large extent. The bit we all want I think is the hardest bit to achieve.

It's management 101 though isn't it? If Manning was an experienced coach a lot of people would be saying, "ah well he knows the first thing is to build from the back, make us difficult to beat" The signings both loan and permanent show that he feels we can be more expansive in time, using Twine to show the way to the junior signings. False 9s, 10's whatever you want to call them seems his long term way of thinking to me.

@Super went "super" early there didn't he, maybe out of practice with 5 day cricket?

Value reduced by the fact he doesn't want to play for them, clearly. Not a true Gashead? Reduce his value by 75%

Good drainage?

OK, two things. 1. Rob was actually pencilled in to play an U21 game the Monday after the Cardiff game. As soon as that team left he was told that no one else thought he was ready and he was pulled out of full training for two weeks to do further strengthening work on his knee. The hamstring injury could have been related to his recovery, but he has a history of hamstring injuries in both legs going back to his teens, this one was minor and he would have been back but for a completely unrelated personal issue. 2. The majority of Sebs recovery has been under the current team, how his schedule might have differed I don't know. Personally I think that the previous team did a great job on the stamina and overall fitness of the players, Joe Williams and our overall ability to last 90+ minutes most of the time are testament to that. I differ from @Davefevs view and clearly yours when it comes to players recovering from injury, there are obvious examples like the failed attempts to rush Naismith back, but there are other stories which I would be happy to share with you privately if you would like.

What's the record for overturning first innings deficits?

Well he still seems very enthusiastic, some might say sycophantic, about the club which you would imagine wouldn't be the case if he had fallen out with them.

I know he is officially a fit player from tomorrow on the schedule they give him. As I say, their usual process excludes away games, but it may be a case of changing the process in this case.

Being 6'3 makes Max's life a bit easier too. He got up to nod on a couple of those wide clearances last night.

Don't know about Murphy but I don't think it will be Atkinson. The medical team don't like returning players playing away from home initially. The first home game for the U21'S is Cardiff on the 13th, but they make other arrangements behind closed doors before then for Rob and Sykesy.

If this was Traitors he would have been banished by now, he clearly is not a faithful.

As someone who doesn't really follow these things, how much stronger will Forest be by the time of replay? Which players will come back from AFCON in time?

Allows for some R&R especially when you see our upcoming schedule.

Felt some discomfort in his Quad and was rested was what I was told. A long way from the scare stories that were on here and elsewhere. If there was anything more to it I think he wouldn't be anywhere near the grass. This current medical team seem very cautious in their approach.

I did say approximately and it didn't look full to me.

25,787 last night with approximately 2500 from Nottingham. Meanwhile they will be hoping that their ticket giveaway will grab enough fans away from the rugby to finally make 10,000 with approximately 1200 Oxford fans. They are the blue third of Bristol and if they are not careful, the "quarters" could become an apt name for them very soon.

Is it a back 5? To my eye it looks more 3 4 3 certainly going forward, but @Davefevs keeps using the term "fluid" so I will go with that. It certainly changes with the situation in games, I noticed that Zak was waving Tanner forward when Forest were playing with only one up front in the first half.

Hopefully losing his whipping boy tag, his defending has rarely been in doubt, but now he has McRorie along side him he is starting to get more involved at the other end of the pitch too. His covering last night was superb, there was one point where Forest tried make a quick break trying to take advantage of Dickie being still upfield, but George was across and taking up the perfect position on the left of the defence. Cam is always going to be more eye catching With his dynamism and lung busting runs, but with Tanner and McCrorie it feels like the right side of our defence has suddenly become a strength rather than a weakness. Regarding the criticism of him constantly passing inside to Zak, I would rather he did that to retain possession than hit hopeful channel balls which we have been guilty of before.

He was being criticised for this all around me, but in hindsight I think it was purely because we are not used to the right way to referee. The point about him not indicating that he was allowing advantage is valid, but I think I am right in saying that the referee should only do that when the advantage has become clear.

Tommy Blackwell on the bench is an interesting promotion

Thanks yes, I was able to extend my winning streak to 98 days. It's actually 204, but If you miss a day it doesn't count as a loss but it does reset your streak.

From the Rovers OS "Kamil has Championship experience at Middlesbrough and Watford........... Not like them to exaggerate is it?

It wasn't the content I was referring to, more the delivery, it felt "scripted" to me, the looks away from camera, the changes in camera angles. Very cinematic, some would say professional I guess. Klopp is one of my favourite football people so it wasn't intended as a criticism.

I remember a few years ago when I changed my username I was asked by one poster what it was like living in Egypt.